Recent content by jmwst1

Does anyone have any feedback on the other yeast alternatives? I am going to try this out and wanted to see what yeast I should go with...

Thanks a lot for the help! I think I need to download the BeerSmith software.

I received the ingredients for this recipe, and I guess AHBS sent me an extra 2 pounds of DME accidentally. Well, I didn't look at my recipe again, and thought 8 was correct and added it all. Is this going to do anything bad to my beer?

Knife, It is to be used as a steeping grain. WBC, Thanks, I am going to try out morebeer

I am brewing my first beer from my own recipe, but I wanted to see if this looked good to you guys before I bought the ingredients. I know it is simple, but I am just not sure about the amounts of things. This is supposed to be a blonde ale. 6.00 lbs - Extra Light Dried Malt Extract (DME)...

I'll will give it a try and see what happens. Thanks for the help!

Revvy, I'm pretty new to this, so my assumption was that some of the yeast wasn't doing it's job, and that it must have been because I put it into something that was too warm. I assumed incorrectly obviously, so that part is good news. As far as temp drop, it has, but only 2 degrees. I did...

The ambient temp is between 66-68 F.

My OG was 1.057

I made Holiday Ale 3 weeks ago from an extract kit from Midwest. When I finished, I put the pot in my sink as usual to cool down. Apparently, I didn't have enough ice or didn't wait long enough for it to cool down, because I wasn't getting a reading on my thermometer when I moved it to the...

Sorry, I'm a newb, I'm not sure what you mean by hot and cold break. I did not strain the wort though.

I did download Beersmith and am checking it out right now. Neat software, it is going to take me a little bit to get all of the information into it. Any information on how I know what I want to use as a target volume for co2? I was worried about leaving it on the cake so long, I tried...

Smizak, thanks, I will give that a try.

Wow, looks like I was using way too much...sorry if this is obvious and I am missing it, but how do I know what volume of co2 I would want to achieve?

The carbonation seems to be normal, but I have been pouring carefully. My first two batches, I used 5 oz., and I realized that possibly was too much, so I reduced to 3/4 cup which was around 4 oz. What kind of guidelines do you use to judge the amount of sugar that should be used?